Bookrest



Jan. 1 2 1926.

2 Sheets-faheet 2 JM/mmf? Z-W I W. J. WALSH BOOKREST Filed Feb. 27, 1925 hin oonnediplaces, where#thefavailable- :space is very.A limited a 'fur-ther object'is `to' provide. al 'novel manner et attac'hing''fthe bookfupon the rest so vthat Patented Jan. 12, 19,26.

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WILLIAM JAMEsWALsi-Iff Hamm-uom. ONTARIO, .,CANADA.

"Application filed` February 27, ,1925. vSeriaFNo. 12,1141.v

'To' all' eli/om t may concern.'

*Be it"r known that` :[,VVVI-LLIAME `JAMES `lVA1.sH,-a "subject ofj the' King of Great Britain, and a residentE of the city-'offHamilton, inthe county lof Ventwoi'th, Province of Ontario, Dominion 'of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in B'ookfrests, of which the follow-ingisaspecif My invention'v` relates -to yimprovements in book rests-,fof :the -type adapted for supporting comparatively largelbooksf suchas city telephone? directories andf 'the like and the object ofthe'inventioneis to devise'suchy a rest 1 which 'will permitk thei fbook: to remain at l allf times' in ali-open positionl landT to-"be readily* moved f from af raised l lnon-readable position, in which the book andiest arefc'ollapsed fcompactly against ai support-ing "wall,

to a loweredy readable -position a further obf-ject is'to provide such a `rest which,-;when in the lowered posi-tion-'willfproject outwardly from: the supporting -fwall v4to@ yas `v smallan extent as possible, thus permitting'itsliuse such v as telephone booths,

the J4full opening tliereoflto :eX-pose. the enti-re page at all parts of tlie*b0ok,-is*not infany LWay-i:interfered `-with 1;', and a still vfurther lobect f is' to fprovfide suoli a'frest '4 which may -Vreadily beadapted-'to accommodate books of lvarying Vsize and thickness. Eurther objects -willappearfin the'course of the following' spec'iflication.

My invention co1is-i`sts`in"the construction vand 1 arrangement of parts; all ats-hereinafter moreparticularly described' and villustrated in the-accompanying drawings, infwhich @Figa-1 isa -side view ofY arrest` constructed iniaccordancefwith my invention showing a book mounted thereon', the raised or nonreadablepo'sition being shown in side elevationj at A and th'el'owered yorreadabley positionf'being showniins'ectio 'at fB, thesection'beingltaken on the fline'1-'-lof 'Fig.`3. l Fig. 2 is afront elevation'tf my'rest in ther-raised -orffnonereadable position, llooking in the direction of thefarrow "C? in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 -is ai top!A plan' view 'of the device in theflo-weredreadable position, looking in the 'direction ofthe arrow DWinF ig. l.

'.'Ei'g-r4lfis1anend view'of abo'oky showing a nove-l:mountingsecured to theV lback'` thereof rest comprises a'substantially A'fiat v recta-ngular sheetm'etal plate lytheinner marginal edge of Which islbeiittof-formaflangefdisl'posed"angularly=vvith respect `to theJpl'ate l, tlie.- ang-le between'-ftliis '/langej' andthe plate being greater than-fa right Langle. ifTlielupper'f'free A"edgefof.*thelange 2 is ormed into afhifnge iportion#Swvv-hich co-opcrates with a hinge-plate 4.

A hinge piiif`-5 connects' the plate-Lito the flan ge Qiandi the i ends of` `this' hi-nge pin carry nuts 6. 4 f

Thelrest is'se'curedVtoasupporting wall 7 yfs'cfrews 81*which?'extendthrough orifices in the hiiige'-`p'la`teJe v i i KMo'unted fuponfthefh-i-ige'l pin- `5 "fare coil lsprings 9 lthe ends of which, engagerespec tivelythe face folthefihing'e plate Pfand rthe bac-k of the flange 2. These springs` operate to: swiiigl the rest Aup'Wa-rdly into' i'its collapsed position against fthefw'all'lasfshownKVV at A in ligl.

p Thisw'edgeis positioned centrally `of the `Width of thefrest.

iAt'the f upper; end/of fthe* wedge l0 is jformedaf projecting flug l2 andextending Vfreely through this lug is a screw v-13 dis- :posedperpendidu-larly to the lplatey l' `which par'ries a v llock-nut 14; immediately below Ythe lA1rectangular blockl hasl threaded vengeugementfl upon the screw .713.

One `face 0I" the block ll-has a bearing Aagainst theface vvllof the* wedge l0 and projecting A -perp'en'd'icularly 'from the oppo- Vei" '17.

Upon the under face of the plate 1 and centrally of the width thereof is formed a transverse guideway 18 in which is lslide-bly mounted a slide 19. I l i The slide 19 projects outwardly'beyond the outer edge of the plate 1 and carries intermediately of its length, a locking screw 20 which engages within a slot 21 in the bottom wall of the guideway 18.

By this means the-slide 19 may be locked in any desired position. y

At the outer end of the slide 19 is mounted a screw 22 which carries a locknut 23. This screw projects freely through the slide 19. j f

A block 2a has threaded engagement upon the screw 22 and projecting from one face thereof is a journal stud 25.

The upper endof the screw 22 carries a rubber bumper pad 26. i

A book supported upon the rest is indicated by the numeral 27 and secured to the back of the book is a novel mounting 28.

This mounting 28 isA formed `from two, tubes 29 and 30, the tube 30 telescopically engaging within the tube 29. ,j j

Pointed screws 31 Vextend through the mounting 28 from one side thereofand project beyond the other side. A i j rlhe projecting ends of these screws 31 engage within the back ofthe book 27 centrally thereof (see Fig. 4) and serve to secure the mounting rmlyuponthe book. j

` The sorewsl are equally spaced apart and it will be clear that by altering the position of the tube; SOwith respect tothe tube 29, the length ofthe mounting 28 may be adjusted for books of different length.

The book is attached` upon the rest as followszi j The screw/i120 is loosened and the slide 19 is pulled outwardly. l

The journal stud 16V is then engaged within one end ofthe mounting 28 and the slide 19 is pushed inwardly so that the journal stud engages within the other end of the tubular mounting 28. The lock-nut 20 is then tightened thus securing the slide in position rotatably supporting the mounting 28 upon the journal studs 16 and 25. it will be understood that the blocks 15 and 24 may be adjusted by means of the screws 13 and 22 perpendicularly with respectl to the plate 1, so that the position of the journal studs 16 and 25 above the plate l. may be adjusted to suit, the thickness of the particular book being used.

1t willbe observed that the mounting 28 lis rotatably supported upon the journal studs 16 and 25. j A

rlfhe strength of the springs 9y may be made sufficient .to counterbalance the .f'eight of the rest andy book so that the rest will remain either, in the raised orl lowered position shown at A or B in Fig.

1 when it is moved into either of these positions. j j j The lower or readable position is illustrated at B in Fig. 1 and when in this position the hook 27 is supported upon the rest and may remain open at any desired page.`

Due to the novel mounting 28 and the manner of securing it upon the book, the full opening of the book at any page is not in any way interfered with, so that any printed matter which may extend close into the binding j will be clearly exposed and easily readable. This is an important feature as ordinarily the mountings used interfere seriously with thefull opening of the book. i j

The rest may be collapsed into its raised position with the book remaining open at ,any page', the collapsed or raised position being indicated at A in Fig. 1.

fin important featurevof my rest is that when lowered into the readable position,

the extent to which it projects beyond thel supporting wall 7 is only slightly greater than the length of the book itself. This is due to the novel manner of constructing the rest and attaching it to the wall.

\ By making the angle between the flange 2 andthe plate 1 slightly greater than a right angle, the rest in its lowered position slopes slightly downwardly beyond the lhorizontal thus giving a very convenient readable position. f

My improved rest is particularly suitable for use in telephone booths `where the space available is very limited thus making it essential that, when in the loweredposition, the rest projects from a wall as small a distance as possible.

By means of the adjustment provided' for the blocks 15 and 24: perpendicularly tothe plate 1, the rest may be adjusted to take books of varying thicknesses and also by providing for the adjustment of the length of the mounting 28, books of various lengths may be accommodated.

From the foregoing it will be apparent `that I have devised valuable improvements in devices of the classdescribed whereby the objects of `my invention have been attained.

Various modifications may be made in my invention without departing from the spirit thereof or the scope of the claims and therefore the exact forms `shown are tobe taken as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense Aand I desire, that only such limitations shall be placed thereon `as are imposed by the prior art or are speciiicallyset forth in the appended claims. j j

What I` claim as my invention is: l 1. A book rest comprising a flat plate, an angularly fdisposed flange alongone edge thereof, a hinge carried by said flange along the edgethereof remote from `said plate for attaching the rest to a supporting wall, a spring operatively associated with said hinge, opposed, aligned journals supported respectively.adjacent to the aforesaid flange and the edge of the plate remote from said flange, said journals disposed intermediately of the width of the rest and in spaced relation above. the plate, screw means for adjusting the journals perpendicularly to the plate, means permitting adjustment o-f one of the journals axially, a rigid member r0- ta-tably supported between said journals, and spaced apart screws projecting through said rigid member from one side thereof and adapted to engage the back of a` book to be carried by the rest.

2. A book rest comprising a flat plate, one marginal edge of which is bent to form an angularly disposed flange along that edge of the plate, a hinge carried by the free edge of said flange for attaching the rest to a supporting wall, a wedge secured to the flange intermediately of the width of the plate, and outer face of said wedge disposed perpendicularly to the plate, a projecting lug formed at the upper end of the wedge, a screw extending downwardly through said lug and disposed perpendicularly to the plate, a block having threaded engagement upon said screw, one face of said block bearing against the face of the wedge, a journal stud projecting perpendicularly from the opposite face of the block, a second screw projecting upwardly from the plate diametrically opposite the aforesaid wedge, a block having threaded engagement thereon, a journal stud projecting from said block, a tubular member rotatably supported between said journal studs and book securing means carried by said tubular member.

VILLIAM JAMES WALSH. 

